John D. Rockefeller is named the richest man of all time. The calculation is based on the percentage of their personal net worth against their country’s GDP at the time when they are alive.
Refer to Wikipedia’s List of Most Wealthy Historical Figures
Here are the top ten from the list:
1) John D. Rockefeller – US$329.9bn
2) Andrew Carnegie – US$309.2bn
3) Tsar Nicholas II of Russia – US$290.7bn
4) William Henry Vanderbilt – US$240bn
5) Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII – US$225.1bn
6) Andrew W. Mellon – US$195.7bn
7) Henry Ford – US$194.9bn
Marcus Licinius Crassus – US$181.3bn
9) Alain Le Roux – US$178.7bn
10) Caesar Basil II of the Roman (Byzantine) Empire – US$172.5bn
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